Some subjects shine; others lag. Overall, Saint-Brieuc earns a C, which places it #42 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. On that grade it does better than 29% of compared French towns. Crime is the sore point: an average of 14.3 recorded violent incidents and 22.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,827/m² takes 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Brieuc with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Brieuc.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Saint-Brieuc has higher unemployment than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 14.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,440 a year per consumption unit, below both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Brieuc: 27,300, for 17,350 residents in work (1.6 each). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Saint-Brieuc didn’t travel to work at all.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot10%
Public transport10%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
27,300
jobs based in Saint-Brieuc, 1.6 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Saint-Brieuc sits above 92% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Brieuc was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 1,698 offenses locally.
14.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage661
Other physical violence280
Family violence266
Theft from vehicles174
Sexual violence132
Burglary122
Vehicle theft63
Theft without violence617
Fraud342
Drug use249
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
14.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,698
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, under 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
33 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2021
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Brieuc is cathédrale Saint-Étienne. Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Since 2021, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. 5.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C
Saint-Brieuc’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Brieuc records 94 deaths per 100 expected. 6,042 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 5,298: 14% above. At birth, a girl in Côtes-d'Armor can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Côtes-d'Armor town has 38 family doctors.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
38
GPs in Saint-Brieuc · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Saint-Brieuc sells for €1,827/m², less than in both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Brieuc sell for €1,962/m² and apartments for €1,738/m². Of the homes sold, 38% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 2,579 homes were sold locally.
€1,827/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Brieuc€1,827/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,962/m²
978
Apartments
€1,738/m²
1,601
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.07 to €14.22/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Saint-Brieuc: 15% are 15 to 24, above Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
35% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of Saint-Brieuc by age and the one in the middle is 42.3.
42.3median age
Saint-BrieucCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
89.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 11 collèges within 5 km, 3.2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Brieuc, 94.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (96.1%) but above compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 519 candidates at 5 lycées. On school results, the town ranks #37 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
cathédrale Saint-Étienne: Photo: jonathaneo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien hôtel de Bellecyse: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel des Ducs de Bretagne: Photo: Original téléversé par ²°¹°° sur Wikipédia français . · Public domain · Maison dite Le Ribeault: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Patrick Dewaere: Fabiàn Cevallos, Public domain · Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jean-Christophe Boullion: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Julie Bresset: Sylenius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kévin Théophile-Catherine: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sébastien Hinault: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Brieuc’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Brieuc
Is Saint-Brieuc safe?
It grades D for safety, #42 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 122 burglaries and 661 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Brieuc good?
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #37 of 50 in Côtes-d'Armor. 99% of 136 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Pierre in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Brieuc expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Brieuc grades B for cost of living.
About Saint-Brieuc
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Brieuc is a commune of 44,364 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
